Microsatellite instability, MLH1 promoter methylation, and loss of mismatch repair in endometrial cancer and concomitant atypical hyperplasia

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 62-68

  Horowitz, N ^a   Pinto, K ^a   Mutch, D G ^a   Herzog, T J ^a   Rader, J S ^a   Gibb, R ^a   Bocker Edmonston, T ^b   Goodfellow, P J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical endometrial hyperplasia; Endometrial carcinoma; Microsatellite instability; MLH1 methylation

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA; PROTEIN MLH1;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 0036311084     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.2002.6724     Document Type: Article

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